Modeling surf zone tracer plumes: 1. Waves, mean currents, and low-frequency eddies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Feddersen, Falk ^a   Clark, David B ^a,b   Guza, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DISPERSION (WAVES); WATER WAVES;

ALONGSHORE CURRENT; BOUSSINESQ MODEL; DOMINANT CONTRIBUTIONS; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; INFRAGRAVITY; LOW FREQUENCY; MEAN CURRENTS; MOMENTUM FLUX; RELEASE EXPERIMENTS; ROTATIONAL VELOCITY; SEA SURFACE ELEVATION; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SURF ZONE WAVES; SURF ZONES; SWELL WAVES; TIME-DEPENDENT; TRACER TRANSPORT; VERY LOW FREQUENCY;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BATHYMETRY; DISPERSION; DYE; EDDY; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CURRENT; PLUME; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURF ZONE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 81755178977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007210     Document Type: Article

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